Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-05
The Building Association Troubles.
INDICTMENTS FOUND AGAINST SECRETARY KING AND
TREASURER FREY.

TREASURyR FREY.
Among the indictments found by the grand fury
yesterday there were three growing out OF the
shortage OF FerdinandKing, secretary of the Elev-
enth Building Association OF West Washington
One Of these charges Ferdinand King with having
committed forgery on May 13, 1884. It alleges
that under the date given he received check No.
512 being order the treasurer OF the Eleventh
nand King, trustee for Fanny Lowry. WY or order.
q O11.O7: Signed, aWm Clabaugh, president
Attest: Ferdinand King, secretary" That he In
dOrSed the order as trustee for Fanny Lowry In
one count the charge is made that the forgery was
done to defraud Fanny Lowry, and in another to
@ent Charges r Z. Frey with appropriating the
sums named to his own use on the days named:
March en- IS ISL 500; May AZ q 1ssa 200; July
1854, 81 200; Dec. IL, 1854, $50; Dec 20, 1854
s1,50o; Jan. 2, 1885, $3.50. It is further charged
each date given, that Mr.. King counseled, aided
abetted and procured Mr.. Frey to commit these
mtsdemeanors. The third indictment charges Mr..
Frey with embezzling on March %, 1884 $S47, and
Mr.. King with aiding him to commit the act.
John VIM. Frey appeared with H. R. E. Frey and
Mr.. King is already under bail.
ADDITIONAL INDICTMENTS.
The grand jury this morning found additional
indictments against Messrs. King and Frey, the
first being for forgery in falsely making an order
to pay F. King, as attorney for j. w. Lumsdon
81 ZOO on July 18th, 1886. Also for conspiracy to
defraud the Eleventh Building association.
AN EAST WASHINGTON IMPRovEMENT-A hand
some residence has just been completed for Mr. Max
kaufman at No. TO street southeast, and the
event was celebrated Wednesday evening by q
bling there to inspect the new house The structure
has frontage OF % feet by depth of 40 feet and
stories and basement, with a spacious bay
There is 2-stOry veranda in the rear The front
is of pressed and nodded brick and Ohio stone,
finished with handsome iron cOrn1ce. The
inferior walnut &C NIL md nj,
and the stairway Of polished oak. The Sd story
has connection with the basement by dumb
tubes, electric bells, burglar alarms and every
convenience to make first class home. The plans
OF the building were prepared by Isaac Beers, who
was the contractor and under whose direction the
entire work was done. The cost of this improve
ment was $1,000.
from scOw near the arsenal wharf an anchor with
ITO feet OF chain, worth s10O.-James L. Welty,
and a bed-spread, worth $2.-Edward Wright, 1923
~ street, reports the larceny OF two umbrellas
worth g. Mrs. L. E: SHELTON 20 10th street, re-
ports that she gave q coOred boy $1O26 to pay
bill with and he failed to do so.
LARGE Transactions IN SUBURBAN real. Estate
g. c. Hill, real estate agent, reports the following
sales made by him in Whitney Close sub-division
during the present week: To John B. Larner, lot
lot l. block T. ,567 so. IT.; s2,374 To same. lots
s. 6 and 2, block 4, 10000 SO. IT,; $500. These
With the previous sales reported by him in this
three weeks. He also reports sale of %, 900 So.
It. in Mt. Pleasant, for r. L. B: Clarke, for $500
For So m on 1eth
on Meridian Hill; $4,000
"SToNEwALL" JACKsoN's WAR HoRsE-StOnewall
Jackson's famous war horse "Old Sorreln has been
stuffed and mounted by TaxidermiSt Webster and
is now exhibition at his studio, No. 1345 Penn
sylvania avenue. The horse IS exhibited to assist
in defray1ng the cost Of mounting and transport
ing it to the Robert E. Lee Camp Soldiers Home at
Richmond.
WARNED AGAINST CARRYING DEADLY WEAPONS
David Price, cOlored cart driver, was before
Judge Smell this morning, charged by Oricer Ken
dig with failing to keep at the head Of his team,
and also with carrying a razor blade. The boy
claimed that he found the razor blade In an ash
pile yesterday morning. The judge warned him
against carrying such weapons, and released him
on his personal recognizance.
A BELLrGERENT OLD MAN.-George Adams an
aged colored man, was arraigned in the Police
Court this morning charged with cursing and
swearing: II don't know whether cuSsed or
not" said Adams, "cause was drunk" He was
Lawson. II amt guilty OF dat" said George,
'cause was drunk and he was drunk, and we
the old man said ooh, my God, l amt teched
him last night; but did tech him befo', and Use
gwine to tech him agin; Use gwine to nit him when
git out" The court imposed a fine Of s. or Is
days on the farm.
He SAID THE POLICEMAN STRUCK HIM WITH A
Snow BALL.-Richard Shorter, cOored, was in the
Police Court this morning, charged with being dis
orderly at fire in O-street alley last evening.
Officers Boyd and Law testified that they went to
the fire in citizens dress, and while in the alley
some boys were throwing snow balls, and one Of
them struck the defendant. He accused Officer
Boyd of throwing the snow ball, which he did not
do. Shorter quarreed and wanted to fight and re-
fused to leave the place or to behave himself.
Shorter testified that his .mOther-in-lawS house
was on fire, and he was there trying to save some
of her goods, when he was struck with a snow ball.
He accused some boys OF throwing 1t, but a girl
told him one OF the policemen threw 1t. He went
to work again assisting his mOther-in-law, when
Officer BOYD struck him with another snow bali.
He accused the officer OF striking him, and was
rested. Alberta COnnor cOlOred gave similar tes-
timony. The judge said he hardly believed
policeman would deliberately strike citizen with
a snow ball, and took the DEFENDANTS personal re-
cOgniZance.
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